From an Alexandria release (again sorry about the lack of timeliness)
On Tuesday, June 3, the Alexandria City Planning Commission approved Landbay K at Potomac Yard and a ped-bike bridge that will provide a connection across railroad/Metro tracks from the proposed Potomac Yard town center to a potential future Metro station. The projects provide major new pedestrian and bicycle connections from Arlandria, Del Ray and Potomac Yard to north Old Town and Braddock Metro.
Landbay K is a long and narrow ribbon of land that runs for 3 miles in a north-south direction from Four Mile Run to Braddock Road Metro in Alexandria. The trail will provide a continuous bike-ped connection on the west side of the CSX railroad and Metro lines. It is approximately 24 acres in total and the linear nature of the park creates a unique opportunity to connect the Four Mile Run Trail with Braddock Road Metro station and other bikeways within the city.
The pedestrian bridge is part of a series of parks and open space features approved as part of the Potomac Yard development. The bridge as approved will provide a connection from Potomac Greens in north Old Town to the Potomac Yard town center, Landbay K and a potential future Metro station. The proposed bridge will span approximately 250 feet and provide pedestrian and bicycle connectivity between the east and west sides of Potomac Yard. It is intended to be a steel truss bridge with concrete deck (10 feet wide, unobstructed) and similar in style to the bridge for the Capital Crescent Trail over the Beltway near Georgia Avenue.
The projects now move to City Council for approval and will be on the docket for the Saturday, June 14. Come out and support this major pedestrian and bicycle improvement in Alexandria.
Click here for the Landbay K city staff report
Click here for the Pedestrian Bridge staff report
I've written about this project before here. But it looks pretty good. Bicycle parking provided throughout, a 3 mile long, 10 foot wide trail connection and a bridge over the tracks
The plan is integrated with Alexandria’s park and trail network as well as the open space network created within the Potomac Yard development through trail heads and streetscape amenities. The park connects with the finger parks planned for Custis, Swann and Howell Avenues. The park also provides a north-south connection between the recreational amenities along Four Mile Run and recreational trails and amenities at Braddock Metro Station, and a pedestrian connection across the railroad lines, providing access between Potomac Yard and Potomac Greens. The proposed bridge will be located in northern portion of the development, near the future Metro reservation site and landing at the pedestrian bridge reservation site in Potomac Greens.
Along the trail there are amenities such as fitness course stations, trailhead plazas and lighting.
More about the potential infill Metro station here. It'd be nice if they found a way to connect Potomac Greens (and thus this trail) over or under the GW Parkway and to the Mt Vernon Trail, but there's really nothing glaring to not like about this project.
The bridge for the Capitol Crescent Trail over the Beltway?????
Posted by: Purple Eagle | June 20, 2008 at 10:32 PM
Right. I forgot to point that out.
I assume they meant the North Bethesda Trail, but it's disconcerting that they don't know what they're talking about and as a result neither do we.
Posted by: washcycle | June 21, 2008 at 10:47 AM
That's a different take on the topic than I expected.
Posted by: | November 04, 2009 at 04:17 PM